The neighbors seemed to really love it.The entire block gets into Halloween...A huge house down the way had a stirring witch and a flying crank ghost...that's the guy I mentioned before who stopped when he saw me painting a prop (A Swamp Foetus).

We were definitely a hit with adults more so than children..and I totally get that. We're not exactly "fun" when it comes to the display. That's what's cool about this block - we have fun Halloween homes and a dark weird house up at the corner. : )

Those buds are from the coolest flower vine...moon flowers - dusk/night blooming white flowers. Large like big white moths...so strange that they only bloom at night. Bean picked those up for our trellis/arch. The buds are large and creepy.

I had a fog machine behind the witch, with a long black plastic tube which came around along the side of the porch, under the sentinels. We had it filled with frozen water bottles, with a huge pile of ice at the furthest opening. Worked great to chill the fog. The ground was still cold and wet from the melted snow, so it worked even better than normal.

WOW! I love the way you have the sentinels turned in look at the porch. When somebody got up there, I bet they felt trapped and claustrophobic they watched them. I am going to get me some moonflowers... Landscaping for Halloween ;)

These pictures are beautiful....especially the black and whites.I really like your technique with the fog chilling. What kind of black plastic tube? I am thinking that corrugated stuff they use in landscaping?

Marianne,Yep. It's the solid corrugated tubing. Not the one with holes for irrigation. I sawed slits in it under the sentinels and near the fake fire pit. Even without frozen water bottles, the fog was getting chilled just by staying in the tube.

Hubs is far more eloquent with words than I am and would be much better at expressing how cool your creations always are. Suffice it to say.... awe inspiring, beautiful, amazing, stunning, and just plain awesome! Thank you for sharing yet another haunty season with us. :)